ABOUT US:

Vera Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VERA), is a late clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. Vera’s mission is to advance treatments that target the source of immunologic diseases in order to change the standard of care for patients. Vera’s lead product candidate is atacicept, a fully humanized fusion protein self-administered at home as a subcutaneous weekly injection that blocks both B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and A Proliferation Inducing Ligand (APRIL), which stimulate B cells to produce autoantibodies contributing to certain autoimmune diseases, including IgA nephropathy. Vera is also considering evaluating the role of atacicept in other immunologic disorders. Additionally, Vera is developing VT-109, a novel, next-generation dual BAFF/APRIL inhibitor in preclinical development, and MAU868, a monoclonal antibody designed to neutralize infection with BK virus, a polyomavirus that can have devastating consequences in certain settings such as kidney transplant. For more information, please visit: www.veratx.com.
Our values are the cornerstone of our culture. Our values inspire us every day and guide everything we do, from how we hire great people, to advancing our mission together, to achieving our ultimate goal to improve medical treatment for patients suffering from immunological diseases.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will report to the Chief Accounting Officer and lead the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function. As a key partner to the CAO and CFO, the candidate will lead and develop a best-in-class strategic finance team that can collaboratively support a growing and evolving commercial organization. The FP&A team is the primary finance partner to business and R&D functions, leading annual forecasting and budgeting processes, including partnering with Project Management leadership to drive the company’s annual corporate objectives, and support strategic decision making.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance required, MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in finance/FP&A, ideally in a high growth commercial-stage biotech company.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, collaborative leadership style.
• Strong analytical based decision maker with a core business process focus.
• Leads by example in recognizing and modeling Vera values.
• Learning agility: ability to seek input, make connections, recognize patterns that lead to effective decision-making and action.
• Proven ability to thoughtfully evaluate processes, identify opportunities for improvement and successfully execute on those plans.
• Ability to understand financial systems and workflow and experience with Workday Adaptive Planning and system implementations a plus.
• Strong communication skills (oral & written); able to effectively interact with all levels internally and externally – within and outside of finance; able to tailor communications to the audience to achieve desired results.
• Attention to detail with ability to move easily between hands-on work and strategic thinking.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Strong leadership skills with a desire to nurture, train, and grow the existing finance group.
  Vera Therapeutics Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer.
  Vera Therapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the anticipated base pay range is starting at $300,000. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s geography, qualifications, skills, and experience.
  At Vera, base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate will be eligible for an annual performance incentive bonus, new hire equity, and ongoing performance-based equity. Vera Therapeutics also offers various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, flexible time off, and a number of paid holidays.

• Lead, develop, recruit and retain a best-in-class FP&A team.
• Direct and coordinate a semi-annual budget and operating planning process in addition to continuous updates as company objectives evolve.
• Lead strategic planning forecasting/planning process developing insights and analysis on strategic direction. Identify strategic opportunities and challenges.
• Analyze productivity drivers, identify risks and opportunities to business performance, work cross functionally to implement recommended actions.
• Challenge status quo by influencing the business to think critically about forecasts / projected costs and to incorporate budget targets into planning.
• Collaborate with the business to develop accurate, timely budgets and projections, assess risks and opportunities and track budget vs. actuals.
• Develop fit for purpose operational processes and systems to support visualization, data and analytics for the organization.
• Provide analytical support for business development activities.
• Other projects assigned by business leadership.
• Provide sophisticated financial analysis to business unit leadership, supporting strategic, operational and financial objectives.
• Partner with Project Management function to manage process of setting corporate and functional team objectives, and ongoing tracking of performance against them.
• Ensure close collaboration with accounting and other teams to ensure alignment of actual results and forecasts and to support month-end close and financial reporting.
• Work with FP&A team members to provide business partnership with all key functions of the organization including Commercial, R&D, and other business functions to identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Ability to influence decisions through data and analysis with limited authority.